may 5

Red Hot Chili Peppers / Queens of the Stone Age / The Mars Volta

Kemper Arena

Few rock groups of the '80s broke down as many musical barriers and were as original as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Creating an intoxicating new musical style by combining funk and punk rock together (with an explosive stage show, to boot), the Chili Peppers spawned a slew of imitators in their wake, yet they still manage to be the leaders of the pack 20 years later.

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